THE UNESCO WORLD OF THE TRAMUNTANA Welcome to the Serra de Tramuntana in 2015 The Serra de Tramuntana has been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO under the Cultural Landscape category. This is the international community’s acknowledgement of the near-perfect symbiosis between the action of human beings and nature, which has occurred for centuries,…
Monday 13th September 2021 and its cloudy Another week dawns in the good old Soller Valley. Home to farmers, playwrights, carpenters, fishermen, authors, singers, musicians, doctors, shop assistants, builders, plumbers, teachers, hairdressers, tourism and hospitality employees and a huge number of those who are over pension age. In other words, a full spectrum of society. …
AUGUST the maddest of months …Today is the start of the grouse shooting season in the UK. ‘The Glorious 12th ‘is the title given to this date and it means something in country houses and estates of the moneyed sets. The shoot is a way to have a summer house party with your friends and goes…
A week to remember in Soller Published in the Majorca Daily BulletinTuesday 28th June 2016 Photographs by Rachel Fox This is the week that politics came to our doorstep in the Soller Valley. The acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy was on the election trail and he visited Mallorca. Well actually he visited the Port of…
Back in the day – Soller reminiscences Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin The streets of Soller are full and the Port of Soller is jumping. The height of the season for the whole island and holiday memories are being made by the hour. Apart from the extremities of the weather I really love August…
Our Humans of Majorca today starts with life in Liverpool in the 1940’s. Audrey and William represented the opportunities that the grammar school children of the era had. Accrington Girls High School for Audrey and the Liverpool Institute for William. This highly academic couple came from the cotton mills and the working background of the…
HOLY WEEK – AS IT UNFOLDS Good Friday – The Celebration of the Passion of the Lord followed by a procession Friday 25th March – The Celebration of the Passion of the Lord takes place at 7.00 p.m. in the Parròquia de Sant Bartomeu in the square in Soller. This is followed by a procession…
‘Tell me your story’ is an opening line of mine. I love to hear how people from all over the world found their way to the Soller Valley and I have the best job in the world telling others their tale. Recently I found myself in the charming company of a very happy couple who…
Soller is a small town where everyone knows the movers and shakers. We all know who the Mayor is and who the influential business people of our town are. The unsung heroes are known too as this is a place which is kept together by its gossip on the daily minutiae. The Bell Entorn home…
Supporting the community in the Soller Valley Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Tuesday 27th September 2016 Photographs by Rachel Fox The Island within an Island mentality is a constant force in this place. This applies to problem solving and local charitable giving. Sollerics are traditionally very helpful to those in need and they…
